# Accident 20140601008289A: Dehavilland DHC-6-200, Middletown, OH, June 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, OH
- Airport: Middletown Regional/Hook Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5319° N, 84.3964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5319&lon=-84.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N223AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,660 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601008289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A HOT LOAD PARACHUTE OPERATION WHEN ONE OF THE GROUND CREW WALKED INTO THE LEFT SPINNING PROPELLER AND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD, SHE LATER DIED AT THE HOSIPITAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA272), Jun 1, 2014: Dehavilland DHC 6 200 (N223AL), Middletown, OH, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The skydiving operator employee’s failure to see and avoid the rotating propeller blades when she walked toward the cockpit while the airplane’s engines were running.

## Other reports on N223AL (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040619020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619020489I), Jun 19, 2004: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Hinckley, IL, 1 fatal. (-23) On June 19, 2004, [privacy data omitted] sustained fatal injuries suffered from a skydiving incident at chicagoland skydive, 12637 rt. 30, Hinckley, IL.…
- [Incident 20010516015439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516015439I), May 16, 2001: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Sebastian, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) Witnesses say that upon exiting aircraft on the 13th student jump, Mr. Bischofberger began to tumble and could not open the main chute. The reserve chute…
- [Incident 20000624032209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624032209I), Jun 24, 2000: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Chico Hot Sprin, MT, 1 fatal. (-23)Based on the investigation by officer[privacy data omitted] of the park county sheriif's office, livingston, Montana, eye witnesses reported the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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